RAILROADS related term(s) Cargo Transportation
Articles and editorials
Agreement Clears the Track for Growth of High-Speed Rail, S2092 [25FE]
Omahan Leads Survivors Out of Trapped Rail Car, S12505 [24SE]
Planes and Trains, S4102 [31MR]
Train Journey Into Disaster and Heroism, H6999 [27SE]
Bills and resolutions
Amtrak: operation of rail passenger service between Chicago, IL, and Jacksonville, FL (see H.R. 1090), H876 [24FE]
Arizona: resolution of land claims (see S. 1233), S8821 [15JY]
California: convey certain public lands to the Central Pacific Railway Co. (see H.R. 1183), H963 [2MR]
Claytor, W. Graham, Jr.: tribute (see S.J. Res. 156; H.J. Res. 294), S16433 [19NO], H10159 [18NO]
High-speed rail transportation: facilitate development (see S. 839), S5031 [28AP]
Industrial arbitration: settlement of railroad labor-management disputes (see H.R. 2989), H6380 [6AU]
Mass transit: development of high-speed rail transportation (see H.R. 1919), H2181 [29AP]
Medicaid: retirement benefit adjustments relative to eligibility for SSI benefits (see H.R. 976), H724 [18FE]
Pensions: transfer revenues attributable to the taxation of certain retirement benefits to the Railroad Retirement Account (see H.R. 977), H724 [18FE]
Rural areas: assistance for rail infrastructure (see S. 731), S4254 [1AP]
Safety: prohibit the manufacture, sale, or importation of motor vehicles and rail cars that don't have seat belts (see H.R. 205), H105 [6JA]
Shipping industry: conduct a study on a prospective cross-harbor rail freight tunnel connecting Brooklyn, NY, with the New York Harbor west side (see H.R. 2784), H5452 [28JY]
Taxation: exemption from the volume cap on certain bonds used to finance high-speed intercity rail facilities (see H.R. 928), H680 [17FE]
———treatment of high-speed rail facility bonds (see S. 438), S2089 [25FE]
———treatment of railroad property (see S. 1540), S13352 [13OC]
———treatment of Social Security and certain railroad retirement benefits (see H.R. 263), H107 [6JA]
Transportation: extend the matching fund waiver for certain projects (see H.R. 3149), H7171 [28SE]
Letters
Amtrak funding: Federico Pena, Sec. of Transportation, S13072 [5OC]
Arizona Wilderness Land Title Resolution Act: Karin P. Sheldon, Wilderness Society, S8824 [15JY]
ICC funding: Federico Pena, Sec. of Transportation, S12910 [4OC]
———Howard Paster, Executive Office of the President, S12911 [4OC]
San Francisco, CA, Bay Area Rapid Transit extension: John N. McMahon, Lockheed Missiles & Space Co., Inc., H6922 [23SE]
———William E. Terry, Hewlett-Packard Co., H6922 [23SE]
State-supported train service: W. Graham Claytor, Jr., Amtrak, S13110 [6OC]
Lists
ICC key pending cases, S12911 [4OC]
Transportation groups opposing Danforth ICC funding amendment: several business organizations, S12909 [4OC]
Messages
Federal Railroad Safety Act: President Clinton, S4683 [20AP], H1915 [20AP]
Railroad Retirement Board: President Clinton, S16934 [22NO], H10975 [22NO]
Proposals
Green Map Program: Regional Railroads of America, S1362 [4FE]
Remarks in House
Amtrak: funding, H8305 [20OC]
———funding for operating losses and labor protection costs, H6917-H6920 [23SE]
———station closings, H8335 [21OC]
California: convey certain public lands to the Central Pacific Railway Co. (H.R. 1183), H3848 [21JN]
Claytor, W. Graham, Jr.: tribute (H.J. Res. 294), H10262, H10263 [19NO]
Maryland Rail Commuter Service: modernization and expansion, H6882 [22SE]
National Park Service: operating expenses for Steamtown National Historic Site, PA, H4705-H4708 [15JY]
San Francisco, CA: funding of Bay Area Rapid Transit extension, H6921-H6928 [23SE]
Technology: magnetic levitation prototype funding, H6883 [22SE]
Unemployment: extend compensation for railroad workers, H8017, H8018 [15OC]
Remarks in Senate
Amtrak: capital improvement grants, S4101-S4108 [31MR]
———funding, S13071 [5OC]
———State-supported train service, S13110 [6OC]
Arizona: resolution of land claims (S. 1233), S8823 [15JY]
Cargo transportation: local rail freight assistance, S10306 [4AU]
Charleston, SC: land conveyance of the Roundhouse, S11295, S11296 [9SE]
Chicago, IL: Central Area Circulator light rail transit system, S12924 [4OC]
Claytor, W. Graham, Jr.: tribute (H.J. Res. 294), S16585 [19NO]
———tribute (S.J. Res. 156), S16500 [19NO]
High-speed rail corridors: funding, S13050, S13051, S13071 [5OC], S13113 [6OC]
High-speed rail transportation: facilitate development (S. 839), S5036-S5039 [28AP]
ICC: funding, S12907 [4OC]
New Electric Railway Journal (publication): use of Federal grant in publication, S3265 [19MR]
Rural areas: assistance for rail infrastructure (S. 731), S4315 [1AP]
———investment in rail service, S1361 [4FE]
Scottsdale, AZ: tribute to McCormick Railroad Park, S4589 [7AP]
Taxation: tax-exempt bond financing for high-speed ground rail systems, S7939 [24JN]
———treatment of high-speed rail facility bonds (S. 438), S2091, S2169 [25FE]
———treatment of railroad property (S. 1540), S13353, S13354 [13OC]
Reports filed
Dept. of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations: committee of conference (H.R. 2750) (H. Rept. 103-300), H8097 [18OC]
Development of High-Speed Rail Transportation in the U.S.: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1919) (H. Rept. 103-258)), H7171 [28SE]
High-Speed Rail Development Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 839) (S. Rept. 103-208), S17055 [23NO]
Railroad Right-of-Way Conveyance Validation Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1183) (H. Rept. 103-143), H3859 [21JN]
Tables
Infrastructure improvement projects locations, S4107 [31MR]
Texts of
H.J. Res. 294, tribute to W. Graham Claytor, Jr., H10263 [19NO]
H.R. 1183, Railroad Right-of-Way Conveyance Validation Act, H3846-H3848 [21JN]
S. 438, High-Speed Rail Incentives Act, S2092 [25FE]
S. 839, High-Speed Rail Development Act, S5036-S5038 [28AP]
S. 1233, Arizona Wilderness Land Title Resolution Act, S8824 [15JY]
S. 1540, Property Tax Fairness Act, S13354 [13OC]
S.J. Res. 156, tribute to W. Graham Claytor, Jr., S16500 [19NO]